{"id":6750,"date":"2016-06-17T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2016-06-18T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T16:14:11","slug":"lufthandel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthandel*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Our focus has been largely on ground SF lately, with the 15mm and 6mm ranges getting a number of new releases. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/index.html\">Aeronef<\/a> still has a large and faithful following so we like to keep the range moving with the occasional new model or two.<\/p>\n<p>We have a small number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants.html\">merchant Aeronef<\/a>, mostly British and French, but today we&#8217;re releasing three German models. The hull forms are clearly recognisable as German, being very similar in style to their warships. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6753\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/vanfp-5003\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VANFP-5003.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VANFP-5003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VANFP-5003.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VANFP-5003.jpg\" alt=\"VANFP-5003\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6753\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The huge Widder freighter has a resin hull with metal components, while the two smaller vessels are all metal.  Bothe the Widder and Belchen coaler have metal deck cranes to help with unloading. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Fleet%20Packs\/VANFP-5003.html\">German Convoy pack<\/a> containing seven merchants plus escort vessels to help create scenarios.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6750 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5011\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5011-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5011.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-5011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5011.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5012\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5012-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5012\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5012.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-5012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5012.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5013-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/van-5013\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5013.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-5013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/VAN-5013.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Fleet%20Packs\/VANFP-5003.html\">VANFP-5003<\/a> &#8211; German Merchant Convoy &#8211; \u00a322.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5011.html\">VAN-5011<\/a> &#8211; Widder class Heavy Merchant &#8211; \u00a37.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5012.html\">VAN-5012<\/a> &#8211; Belchen class Coaler &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5013.html\">VAN-5013<\/a> &#8211; Marburg class Lighter &#8211; \u00a31.50<\/p>\n<p>* Apologies to German speakers if this title isn&#8217;t correct &#8211; please put me right and suggest a better or more grammatically correct term for German Merchant Airships<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our focus has been largely on ground SF lately, with the 15mm and 6mm ranges getting a number of new releases. However, Aeronef still has a large and faithful following so we like to keep the range moving with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aeronef","category-new-releases"],"views":4299,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1KS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7017,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/sms-kaiser-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6750,"position":0},"title":"SMS Kaiser","author":"Tony","date":"September 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the largest aerial vessels in service anywhere in the world is the German Kaiser class. The Kaiser has six heavy new-design turrets, two twin and four single, along with an array of secondary turrets and sponson guns. 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Three replace the existing models, while the Hansa and L\u00fctzow are new designs. The K\u00f6ln is one of the oldest German models in the range and both it and the Emden had small cast-on turrets. 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